Turkey Foot Grass - 6' Tall
by Robert J Sadler
Title
Turkey Foot Grass - 6' Tall
Artist
Robert J Sadler
Medium
Photograph - Photography/digital Art
Description
Big Bluestem Grass (Andropogon Gerardii), commonly known as: Turkey Foot Grass, is an old prairie land grass with flowering stalks that average 3 to 6 feet tall but can grow up to nine feet tall. The flowers (seed heads) usually have three elongated clusters on a long stem and thus resemble a turkey's foot. This stand of 6 foot tall Turkey Foot Grass is grown on one of the last remnants of virgin black land prairie in North Texas. They can be found standing tall in August on the properties of the Frankford Church and Cemetery: "Prairie In The City". The property is maintained by the Frankford Preservation Foundation. For centuries, before agricultural use of 'the plains', vast fields of these grasses fed the buffalo, their main competitor was Mother Nature and the lightning strikes that set fire to the prairies.
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August 11th, 2014
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